A note about the Hornady 6 Creed brass. The Lapua 6 BR brass I used to form 6 Dasher had less than .001 (About .0007) spread in neck thickness, while the Hornady 6 Creed brass has over .001 spread. Using a bushing die worked great with the Dasher and neck tension was very consistent. When I loaded those seven rounds of 6 Creed two of them had very tight neck tension while the others were what I expected after loaded the first three cases. Round #1 of the StaBall 6.5 and round #1 of the N-160. You'll notice the high neck tension round # 1 StaBall 6.5 43.3 Gr round was faster than the much lighter neck tension round # 2 43.6 Gr round. And the N-160 round #1 40.0 Gr was slightly faster than the much lighter neck tension 40.3 round # 2.
I have ordered the Sinclair Gen II Expander Die body and a TIN coated expander mandrel to use after the bushing die. I'll see how that goes. I would rather buy better brass than neck turn the 300 new Hornady 6 Creed cases I have. I am going to play with things some more.
I have ordered the Sinclair Gen II Expander Die body and a TIN coated expander mandrel to use after the bushing die. I'll see how that goes. I would rather buy better brass than neck turn the 300 new Hornady 6 Creed cases I have. I am going to play with things some more.